Almutawakel

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Almutawakel
Sire Machiavellian
Grandsire Mr. Prospector
DamElfaslah
Damsire Green Desert
Sex Stallion
Foaled19 January 1995 [1]
Country Great Britain
Colour Bay
Breeder Shadwell Estates
Owner Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum
Trainer Saeed bin Suroor
Record19-4-4-1
Earnings$3,643,021
Major wins
Prix Jean Prat (1998)
Dubai World Cup (1999)

Almutawakel (foaled in 1995 in Great Britain, died in 2007) was a British thoroughbred racehorse sired by Machiavellian and the Irish stakes-winning Green Desert mare, Elfaslah.

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Racing career

Almutawakel's most prominent victory came in the 1999 Dubai World Cup. Going into the race at 44-1 and considered a heavy underdog, Almutawakel held his own and, with jockey Richard Hills at the helm, won the race by ¾ lengths. [2] He beat out several prominent horses, such as Malek, Silver Charm, Daylami and Victory Gallop, winning the $3 million first place prize in the process. [3] At the time, it was the first Dubai World Cup win for Sheikh Hamdan, who has since produced another winner, Invasor. He was also the first of seven wins at the Dubai World Cup for Godolphin Racing. [4]

Prior to winning the Dubai World Cup, Almutawakel won the 1998 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly. He also finished as the runner up in the 1998 Grand Prix de Paris. Almutawakel finished his racing career in the United States. In 2000, trained by Mark Hennig, he finished second in the Woodward Stakes and the Oaklawn Handicap and third in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. [5] Almutawakel did not win a race after his first-place finish at the 1999 Dubai World Cup. [6]

Stud career

Almutawakel finished his career with a 4-4-1 in 19 career starts. Overall, he accumulated $3,643,021 in earnings. In 2007, after failing to respond to treatment for chronic arthritis, Almutawakel was euthanized in Ireland at Sheikh Hamdan's Derrinstown Stud. At the time his death, Almutawakel sired eight stakes winners for a grand total of $5,765,852 in earnings. [7]

Pedigree

Pedigree of Almutawakel (GB), bay stallion, 1995 [1]
Sire
Machiavellian (USA)
1987
Mr. Prospector (USA)
1970
Raise A Native Native Dancer
Raise You
Gold Digger Nashua
Sequence
Coup de Folie (USA)
1982 
Halo Hail To Reason
Cosmah
Raise The Standard Hoist The Flag
Natalma
Dam
Elfaslah (IRE)
1988
Green Desert (USA)
1983
Danzig Northern Dancer
Pas de Nom
Foreign Courier Sir Ivor
Courtly Dee
Fair of the Furze (IRE)
1982
Ela-Mana-Mou Pitcairn
Rose Bertin
AutocraticTyrant
Flight Table (Family: 16-g)

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References

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